''0 Catalogue of Reptiles inhabiting the 



sides of the head and occiput with imbricate scales ; trunk narrowed 

 near the head, thicker towards the middle ; tail conical, elongated, 

 tapering to a sharp point. 



CORONELLA BALIODEIRA, Schlegel. 



Svx.— Patza Tutta, Russell I. PI. 29 ? 

 Coluber pictus, Daudiu ? 

 Coluber plinii, Merrem ? 

 Coronella baliodeira, Boie MS. 



Above lighter or darker olive brown, yellowish on the head, the 

 scales minutely dotted with dark brown ; the anterior part of the trunk 

 with a number of distant transversal ocellated lines, composed of single 

 transversal series of white scales, edged with black, . labial shields 

 yellow edged with black ; beneath pearl coloured or yellowish white ; 

 iris golden, lower half blackish ; tongue black. 



Scuta 122 to 132 ; Scutella 6.~> to 72. 



Habit. — Pinang. 



Java. 



Of two individuals from the hills of Pinang, the larger was of the 

 following dimensions : 



Length of the head, Of inch. 



Ditto ditto trunk, Sf- 



Ditto ditto tail, 3f 



lft. 1 inch. 



Circumference of the neck |, of the trunk |, of the root of the 

 tail |- inch. 



Both agree with the description of M. Schlegel, except in having 

 two small prse-orbitals instead of one. Russell's No. 29, from Casem- 

 cottah, which according to M. Schlegel is Coluber pictus, Daudiu, C. 

 plinii, Merrem, is probably intended to represent the present species. 

 It is of fierce habits. 



Gen. Xenodon, II. Boie. 



Head scarcely distinct, muzzle obtuse, nostrils rounded, between 3 

 shields ; eyes encircled behind only by 3 shields ; trunk short robust ; 

 tail rather, short slowly tapering ; 4 very large mentals, the last upper 

 maxillary tooth the longest. 



